Institute of Management launches
The Institute of Management, the result of a merger between NEBS Management and the ISM, has officially launched. The merger was announced in February, and now the Institute is up and running.Gary Ince, previously managing director of the Chadwick House Group, has been appointed as the first Chief Executive. He said: “The Institute has nailed […]
UK still suffers from poor productivity
A new study by Proudfoot Consulting shows the UK falling behind competitor economies through disorganisation, low ambition and underperformance.Entitled ‘Untapped Potential – The barriers to optimum corporate productivity’, the study comprises 1,357 analyses of companies in nine countries, plus an opinion poll of 2,700 chief executive officers. It reports that poor planning and inadequate management […]
Unshrink – review
Title: Unshrink: yourself – people – business – the worldAuthors: Max McKeown and Philip WhiteleyPublisher: Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2002Format: Paperback – 153 pagesISBN: 0273656147Buy this book from the TrainingZONE – Blackwells bookshop.“Unshrink” is an impassioned call for the dismantling of psychological and habitual barriers that hold people back from full lives for themselves, and […]
Maximising leadership potential – CIPD preview
Deepak Chopra will be speaking at the CIPD annual conference and exhibition in Harrogate this year. Known worldwide as the author of over 31 books, including, “The Deeper Wound” “Grow Younger, Live Longer: 10 Steps to Reversing Aging” “The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success” and “How to Know God: The Soul’s Journey into the Mystery […]
Employers to get more say on training policy and management development
Adult Learning and Skills Minister Ivan Lewis has pledged that employes will get more control over moves to tackle skill shortages in their sectors, as part of the further expansion of Sector Skills Councils. Mr Lewis also praised the leadership shown by employers spearheading the five trailblazer Sector Skills Councils set up so far. Education […]
Communicating change effectively – feature
This feature was contributed by Bill Quirke, Managing Director of Synopsis Communication Consulting. Use English, not Management SpeakPlans are usually sketched out in management speak, with the benefits of proposed actions framed as advantages to the company, since this helps sell the proposals to management internally. The same information is then used, often with the […]
Management training is inadequate and suffers from poor attendance, finds survey
According to a survey by learning innovator Cambridge Online Learning, UK businesses are wasting up to 20% of their training budgets due to employees failing to attend designated business courses. Over half of those organisations who calculated wastage admitted to losses (which could total somewhere between £217m and £871m per year), and only a fifth […]
Diversity demystified – feature
This item was contributed by Kate Headley, a director of Dextra Executive Search and Selection. She is also founder of the Dextra Diversity Network. Here she examines the rationale behind the management phenomenon, diversity. Nobody seems quite sure when the concept of diversity first entered the management vocabulary but it’s generally agreed that it’s a […]
UK management development is disconnected from business needs – CIPD
In a CIPD survey, only 16% of respondents believed their organisations to be very effective at developing business plans that specify the management capabilities required, while thirty per cent of organisations do not even have business plans.Main findings – More management development and focussing on management qualifications are not the answer to the UK management […]
Why management training isn’t working
Gail Brown, the managing partner of ExecPlus, looks at the current state of management training. What was your last management training course like? Let me guess… you got given a case study, you took on the roles of the characters (with the regulation embarrassed giggling and shuffling), the rest of your group pulled you to […]
UK management ‘plagued by mediocrity and short-termism’ – TUC
A report by the TUC says that British management is plagued by mediocrity and short-termism, and that this management culture is holding back the Government’s drive to boost productivity.Research quoted in the report includes a study of 200 British manufacturing firms which found that ‘low road’ work practices – short-term contracts, no employer commitment to […]
How do employees rate leadership?
‘Lessons in Leadership’, a survey commissioned by consultants Opp identifies a common failure by leaders to match employee expectations.Main findings– Only four in 10 respondents are satisfied with the quality of leadership in their organisations.– Trust is key to good leadership,with 69 per cent of respondents believing this to be an absolutely essential quality. Yet […]
Action Learning: a practical guide – review
Title: Action Learning: a practical guideAuthor: Krystyna WeinsteinPublisher: Gower, 1999Format: Paperback, 256 pagesISBN: 0566080974Buy this book from the TrainingZONE – Blackwells bookshop.This book is just what it says it is a practical guide on action learning. It provides, in a straightforward style, very good coverage of the subject, which will be of benefit to anyone […]
How to accredit learning at work – your workshop questions answered
At the Training Solutions show on the 19th and 20th June, one key session looked at how to go about accrediting training in the workplace. Hosted by TrainingZONE, the presentation given by Dr Richard Hale, Director of Action Learning Forums, IMCA, and Clive Hook, Director of training providers Clearworth, provided an insight into going through […]
New European academy for corporate social responsibility
In an effort to demonstrate to the European business community that Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) makes good business sense, Business leaders and academics from across Europe have formed are teaming up in the European Academy of Business in Society. Companies involved include Shell, Johnson & Johnson, Levi’s, Danone and Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations.The Academy […]
New Directions in Management Development – review
Title: New Directions in Management DevelopmentAuthor: W. Hirsh, A. Carter Publisher: Institute for Employment Studies, 2002ISBN: 1 85184 3167This excellent publication in 54 pages captures the essence of management development as it is today and considers the key issues we should be aware of for the future. It stimulates thinking, confirms and challenges views and […]
Unnatural leadership – review
Title: Unnatural Leadership: Going against intuition and experience to develop ten new leadership instinctsAuthors: David L. Dotlich and Peter C. Cairo Publisher: Jossey Bass Wiley, 2002Price: £19.50ISBN: 0-7879-5618-XBuy this book from the TrainingZONE – Blackwells bookshop.An odd thing that struck me about this book is how it supports the idea that you don’t have to […]
Communication skills lacking at the top
Britain’s top business leaders are largely unheard, unrecognised and considered unable to communicate effectively by their business peers, according to new research conducted by the Aziz Corporation. The research showed that business executives of leading UK companies are either unknown or poorly regarded by their colleagues in business – despite the fact that 89 per […]
Are people skills valued highly enough?
A new report, “People are our greatest asset: business responses to managing people”, from Ashridge Centre for Business and Society looks at the role of people management in organisational effectiveness. The research was based on a postal survey sent to 4000 managers and HR professionals in the UK and across continental Europe. Additional data were […]
Hoover’s vision: original thinking for business success – review
Title: Hoover’s Vision: original thinking for business successAuthor: Gary HooverPublisher: Texere ISBN: 1587990598 Price: £17.99Buy this book from the TrainingZONE – Blackwells bookshop.Have you noticed that the label on the door of creative management workshops always seems to be decorated with brightly coloured lines and squiggly bits of ribbon? Presumably this is to enable us […]